Roger Federer - Slow Motion Serves in High Definition

[andrewcbuensalida]

i must know, are these flat, slice, or kick serves? and is it down the t's or wide? hmmm.. if only someone knew.

[HOOKemHORNS8594]

I was the 69th like.......



[lavaman233]

I don't think Fed cares about foot faulting warming up serves. I think winning 16 GS might be a bit difficult if he did it during matches.

[didanhtennis]

I think Fed tossed his balls differently for different serves. The toss may look at the same spot to the receiver but I see him moving them into or back to the baseline a bit, this would mean 1st and 2nd toss.

[TheSolicitous]

This is now favorited

[Vhsmith37]

Oh shot.. I meant @ssonosk...lol

[Vhsmith37]

@Sao oak Because it's warm ups. Also, he is Roger Federer, he can do whatever he wants when practicing

[mlc040709]

to me, this camera angle is the most useful when trying to get a feel for how to serve properly or emulate a great server

[ColdplayyalpdloC]

Holy footfault...

[MrTennisboi89]

foot fault, foot fault, foot fault, hmm nice roger, foot fault

[Temoorcoresystem]

I CAN watch this shit all day and NOT get bored. :D

[mozo25]

foot...fault. :D

[claus1225]

have you ever seen federer get foot fault during the match?

it's practice folks.

[lehai0609]

where's he practicing? Under a bridge????

[txchou]

practice courts. that's a walkway.

[ssonosk]

why do all pros foot fault on practice serves?

[IStef11]

@ssonosk because they don't give a sh*t about line judges :)) well ... I can't see the same thing about Serena Williams :))

[txchou]

@ssonosk probably because the focus is on warming up and getting the technique right.

[07herrow]

@ssonosk Because it's practice? They've been playing tennis for basically their entire lives, they know when they step out for a real match, that they won't foot fault. They don't care in practice.

[funnyvids101]

@ssonosk Because while warming up they just want to get their rhythm and kinetics down. They foot fault because they do an abbreviated service motion to get more serves in quickly. You will notice that Roger doesn't have a significant vertical jump on any of these serves. He instead lightly jumps forward to get his legs warmed up as well. The left foot slightly moving forward assists in abbreviating his warmp-up serve, and causes the foot fault you have recognized.

[jyozeff]

@ssonosk I can give one plausible explanation. If the serve falls short and hits the net it's more difficult to retrieve the ball because you have to walk up to the ball. If the server was a half foot further in the line then more serves would end up over the net and to the returner. I would imagine a half foot would mean a difference of ~10% more balls going over for pros like him.

[SomeWeirdAsianGuy]

its only practice serves so yeah he always does this during practice sessions

[importkid34]

thats some major foot faultage

[Shorstopmwd]

He foot faulted!

[AcousticLvr22]

he makes it look so effortless....